WHO reform needed but Japan has no plan to cut funding: Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that the World Health Organization, which faces criticism over its response to the coronavirus pandemic, is in need of reform but stressed that Japan has no plan to stop funding the U.N. agency."There are views that it is politically not neutral," Abe told a press conference, in an apparent reference to criticism including from U.S. President Donald Trump that the WHO has taken stances favorable to China, where the new coronavirus was first reported late last year.While noting that the WHO has problems and challenges, however, the prime minister said, "…READ FULL ARTICLE